From: Lesa Borin & Carolyn
McCoy

Friday, February 15, 2002

Highlights this Week:

General Conference Committee Appointments Made by the
House (February 14, 2002)

In an early move by the House and Senate, appointments to
the General Conference Committee on Appropriations (GCCA) were made this
week. The GCCA is responsible for
reconciling all funding requested with tax revenues that are available for the
2003 fiscal year. A total of 83 House
members will serve on the GCCA, with Senate appointments expected within the
next couple of weeks. The House GCCA
Subcommittee on Education is as follows:

SB
893 (Morgan) – SALES TAX
EXEMPTION/EVENT TICKETS. Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of
admission tickets to recreational events or activities that are located at and
operated by a State System institution; requiring that an amount equivalent to
the amount that otherwise would be required to be collected must be separately
stated on the admission ticket and used for funding policies, practices, programs
and services to promote gender equity.
(68 O.S. 2001, § 1356) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB893_int.rtf

SB
901 (Crutchfield) – SCHOOL
PSYCHOLOGISTS/SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS/AUDIOLOGISTS/SALARY BONUS. Requiring the State Board of Education,
subject to availability of funds, to provide an annual salary bonus of $5,000
to school psychologists and speech-language pathologists or audiologists. (70 § 6-205) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB901_int.rtf

SB
934 (Herbert) – COMMISSIONERS OF
LAND OFFICE. Authorizing the
Commissioners of the Land Office to hold meetings by teleconference;
authorizing the Commissioners to invest the permanent school fund and the other
educational funds in timber and timberland and in real estate, improved real
estate and real estate investment trusts; authorizing the Commissioners to buy,
sell, harvest and manage timber produced on the state’s school lands; modifying
publication requirements for the sale of oil, gas and mineral leases on school
lands; requiring the Commissioners to pay real estate appraiser license fees
for employees required to obtain such license to perform required job
duties. (25 O.S. 2001, § 307.1; 64 O.S.
2001, §§ 51, 92, 281) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB934_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee

SB
936 (Shurden) – GOLF CART USE IN
STATE PARK. Authorizing a
physically disabled person to operate a golf cart within the boundaries of a
state park during daylight hours, so long as the golf cart does not exceed the
speed limit in the area as determined by the Department of Tourism and
Recreation. (47 § 31151.2) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB936_int.rtf

SB
948 (Maddux/Plunk) – Administrative
RuleS. Changing from 20 days
to 30 days the amount of time required for a comment period after publication
of notice of intended rulemaking action; requiring agencies to submit to the
Small Business Regulatory Review Committee proposed rules adversely affecting
small businesses. (75 O.S. 2001, §§
303) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB948_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Small Business Committee

SB
950 (Leftwich/Paulk) – TELEMARKETING. “Telemarketer Restriction Act”; requiring
the attorney general to establish a no-telemarketing-sales-call registry;
providing an exception from restrictions for the solicitation of funds or other
support for a charitable or religious activity, political candidate, cause or
organization and any activity of a charitable not-for-profit entity; providing
an exception in cases in which a business relationship has been established;
authorizing the attorney general to promulgate rules establishing a schedule of
increasing fines to be assessed for multiple and repeated violations. The amendment deletes certain language and
inserts definition of “established business relationship”. (15 §§
775B.1/775B.7) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB950_int.rtf

SB 969 (Herbert) –
Workers’
Compensation.Establishing an income tax credit for charges
paid by an employer for participation in a certified workplace medical plan;
requiring that any state agency experiencing losses greater than premiums paid
in one policy year or which has had two consecutive policy years of increased
losses to adopt and implement a certified workplace medical plan of their
insurer’s choice; requiring continuance of CWMP for no less than five years;
deleting requirement that an employee apply to the court for a change of
physician; deleting requirement for hearing within seven days of application;
requiring court to present to the employer a list of three physicians chosen by
the employee; limiting the court’s authority to modify treatment of employees
in CWMPs; deleting references to employee’s option to elect to participate in a
CWMP. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB969_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Judiciary Committee

SB 978 (Morgan) – Dental
hygienists. Authorizing dental hygienists to apply sealants
to teeth; authorizing hygienists to operate in a school where a licensed
dentist is under a Medicaid contract with the Oklahoma Health Care Authority. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB978_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Human Resources Committee

SB 989 (Shurden )
- LOTTERY. Expanding
activities deemed not to be violations of state lottery or gambling laws to
include funding raising by qualified organizations issuing numbered tickets in
conjunction with voluntary contributions, with the corresponding stub or stubs
of one or more of the tickets to be drawn by lot under the supervision of an
official of the qualified organization, the stub or stubs so drawn entitling
the ticket holder to a prize; defining “qualified organization” as a church, a
public or private school accredited by the Department of Education or
registered by the State Board of Education for purposes of participating in
federal programs, a student group or organization affiliated with a public or
private school, a parent-teacher association or organization affiliated with a
public or private school, or a religious, charitable, labor, fraternal,
veteran, firefighter, law enforcement, educational or other such entity. (21 O.S. 2001, § 1051) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB989_int.rtf

SB 1002 (Haney/Mass)
– Appropriations/VISION/EDUCATION
LEADERSHIP. Appropriating to common education, including funds for the Virtual
Internet School in Oklahoma Network (VISION) Pilot Program and Education Leadership
Oklahoma. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1002_int.rtf

SB
1024 (Haney/Mass) – Appropriations/UNIVERSITY
HOSPITALS. Appropriating to various health entities including the Health Department
for contractual services of OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine for the
Area Health Education Centers Campaign, contractual services for the OU Health
Science Center Pediatric Endocrinology Department, contractual services with
the Perinatal Continuing Education Program within OU’s College of Medicine’s
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, for the Children First Program and
University Hospitals Authority. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1024_int.rtf

SB 1055 (Haney/Mass) –
APPROPRIATIONS/TOURISM. Establishing budgetary limitations for the
Department of Tourism and Recreation, including unspecified funds budgeted for
the Summer Arts Institute and the Jazz Hall of Fame. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1055_int.rtf

2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar

SB 1058 (Haney/Mass) –
APPROPRIATIONS/TOURISM. Establishing budgetary limitations for the
Department of Tourism and Recreation, including unspecified funds budgeted for
the Summer Arts Institute and the Jazz Hall of Fame. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1058_int.rtf

2/5/02 Direct
to Calendar

SB 1059 (Haney/Mass) –
APPROPRIATIONS/TOURISM. Establishing budgetary limitations for the
Department of Tourism and Recreation, including unspecified funds budgeted for
the Summer Arts Institute and the Jazz Hall of Fame. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1059_int.rtf

SB
1188 (Haney/Mass) – Appropriations/GENERAL. Appropriating
to various state entities including the State Regents, Physician Manpower
Training Commission, Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and
Technology (OCAST), Teacher Preparation Commission, and the University Hospitals
Authority. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1188_int.rtf

SB 1208
(Haney/Mass) – STATE REGENTS LONG-RANGE PLANS. Authorizing Central
Services to expend certain funding for the purpose of site location, design and
architectural work for projects of the State Regents as approved by the
Long-Range Capital Planning Commission and the Contingency Review Board. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1208_int.rtf

SB
1222 (Haney) – SALARIES/STATE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. “The
State Chief Executive Officer Salary Act”; creating the nine-member State Chief
Executive Officer Salary Commission; requiring the Office of Personnel Management
to establish salary guidelines and ranges for state chief executive officers;
requiring the commission to review guidelines and ranges; requiring
implementation of guidelines by Dec. 1, 2002; prohibiting reduction of a chief
executive’s salary if it is above the range; allowing reduction if the salary
is within the established range; requiring commission to consider recommendations
for amending chief executive salaries; requiring OPM to conduct a chief
executive salary survey every three years.
(74 § 870-1.1) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1222_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee

SB
1227 (Herbert) – TEACHERS’ Retirement. For
members of the Oklahoma Teachers Retirement System, providing that if a spouse
is beneficiary and the marriage ends after the member’s effective date of
retirement, it shall be considered that the spouse died at the time of divorce
or annulment and the member survived, unless the divorce decree provides
otherwise or the member renames the former spouse as beneficiary in writing
within 90 days of date of divorce. (70
O.S. 2001, § 17-105) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1227_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee

SB
1231 (Morgan) – TEACHERS’ Retirement. Requiring
that retirement allowances for members of the Teachers Retirement System of
Oklahoma be calculated on the member’s current average salary plus $1,000;
providing for a 3.5-percent benefit increase; providing for indexed benefit
increases. (70 §§ 17-116.17,
17-116.18) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1231_int.rtf

SB
1233 (Morgan) – Employee Benefits Council. Allowing
the Oklahoma State Employees Benefits Council to renegotiate rates with
successful bidders after contracts have been awarded if there is a substantial
fluctuation in enrollment. (74 §
1321) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1233_int.rtf

SB
1237 (Capps/Paulk) – VEHICLE REIMBURSEMENT. Requiring
state agencies to reimburse employees for use of their privately owned vehicle
in lieu of a state vehicle if the employee is determined by the State
Department of Rehabilitation Services to be severely disabled and such
disability would be accommodated by allowing the employee to use his or her own
vehicle. (74 O.S. 2001, § 500.4) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1237_int.rtf

SB
1243 (Morgan) – Health insurance/TEACHERS’
Retirement. Deleting language regarding the State and
Education Employees Group Insurance Board contracting with the Oklahoma Medical
Center and George Nigh Rehabilitation Institute; deleting authorization for
retired members of the Teacher’s Retirement System whose education entity is
not a participant in the State and Education Group Insurance Act to begin
health and dental insurance coverage.
(74 O.S. 2001, §§ 1304, 1305.1, 1306, 1316.3, 1365) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1243_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee

SB
1244 (Morgan) – TEACHERS’ Retirement/Health insurance. Increasing by $75 the maximum benefit payable
by the Teacher’s Retirement System on behalf of a retired person toward a
monthly premium for health insurance; increasing amount each year thereafter by
the lesser of $75 or the member’s share of the monthly premium. (74 O.S. 2001, § 1316.3) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1244_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee

2/13/02Title
Stricken

2/13/02Senate
Committee – Passed as Amended

SB
1251 (Shurden) – GRADUATION
REQUIREMENTS. Requiring the State Board of Education to issue a certificate of
high school equivalency to students educated by other means who achieve a composite
score on the American College Test (ACT) equivalent to or higher than the most
recent state average composite score; requiring the student’s parent or legal
guardian to sign an affidavit that the student met the curricular requirements
necessary for high school graduation.
(70 O.S. 2001, § 1212.516) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1251_int.rtf

SB
1287 (Ford) – Tulsa Community
College TECHNOLOGY CENTER SCHOOL DISTRICT. Modifying the name of the Tulsa County Technology Center
School District to be the Tulsa Technology Center School District; increasing
the limit on ad valorem levies from three mills to five mills; requiring the
requirement that funds expended for operations or capital improvements be
subject to approval by the State Board of Career and Technology Education;
removing authority of State Board of Career and Technology Education to approve
Tulsa Community College budget. (70
O.S. 2001, §§ 4419, 4420) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1287_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee

2/13/02Title
Stricken

2/13/02Senate
Committee – Passed as Amended

SB 1292 (Crutchfield/Roan) – PARKING/PUBLIC DISRUPTIONS. Prohibiting parking on all state properties
contrary to regulations; removing reference to the Cowboy Hall of Fame Park;
increasing parking violation fine from $5 to $15 if paid within 10 days, and
from $20 to $24 if paid after 10 days; authorizing booting of autos with
outstanding fines; making it a misdemeanor to disrupt the business or operation
of a state agency by certain behavior.
(47 O.S. 2001, § 11-1009; 21, § 280)
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1292_int.rtf

SB 1296 (Coffee) – Health insurance. Authorizing participants of plans offered by
the Oklahoma State Employees Benefits Council to elect to participate in an
alternative basic plan, which would include only health and disability
benefits; requiring that participants in the alternative basic plan provide
proof of other life and dental insurance coverage. (74 O.S. 2001, §§ 1363, 1370, 1271) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1296_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee

SB 1299 (Rozell) – Health insurance. Allowing a network provider facility
contract to be amended at any time during the term of the contract but, if it
is amended, it may be amended only by mutual written consent of duly authorized
representatives of the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board and
the network provider. (74 §
1306.5) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1299_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee

SB 1317 (Laughlin) – NorthWEstern OKLAHOMA State
University. Authorizing
Northwestern Oklahoma State University to establish tuition and fees for
students who are not U.S. citizens, at an amount not less than is charged for
nonresident tuition. (70 §
3218.15) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1317_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee

SB 1321 (Easley) – FLIGHT INSTRUCTIONS TO
NON-CITIZENS. Making it a
felony to instruct non-U.S. citizens in airplane flight skills and procedures,
including ground school courses; outlining sanctions against schools which
violate this prohibition. (70 §
3250) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1321_int.rtf

SB 1335 (Wilcoxson)
– SCHOOL PERFORMANCE REVIEW.Authorizing the Office of Accountability,
under the director of the Education Oversight Board, to research, develop,
implement and administer a school performance review program. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1335_int.rtf

SB 1358 (Morgan) –
INVENTORY. Increasing from $500 to
$5,000 the limit on inventory of State System institutions and the University
Hospitals consisting of machinery, implements, tools, furniture, livestock,
vehicles and other apparatus that may be used repeatedly without material
impairment of its physical condition.
(74 O.S. 2001, § 110.1) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1358_int.rtf

SB 1365 (Dickerson) –
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT.
Providing that, if an evaluation by a state agency of the performance of
a professional services contract indicates deficiencies with the supplier's
work, the agency must send a copy of the evaluation to the State purchasing
director. (74 O.S. 2001, § 85.41) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1365_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee

SB 1376 (Morgan) – TEACHERS'
RETIREMENT/APPORTIONMENT. Modifying
apportionment of sales and use tax and income tax revenues; increasing to 5
percent the amount to be deposited into the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma
fund. (68 O.S. 2001, §§ 1353, 1403,
2352) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1376_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee

2/13/02Title
Stricken

2/13/02Senate
Committee – Passed as Amended

SB 1378 (Morgan) – ALTERNATE
RETIREMENT PLAN. "Alternate
Retirement Plan for Eligible Employees of Participating State Institutions of
Higher Education Act"; authorizing alternate retirement plans for eligible
employees and electing employees at participating entities that comprise a
comprehensive university in lieu of the plan offered by the Teachers' Retirement
System of Oklahoma; authorizing boards of regents to establish such plan. (70 O.S. 2001, § 17-103) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1378_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee

SB 1381 (Dickerson) –
AUDITS/STATE PURCHASE CARDS.
Authorizing the director of the Department of Central Services to
promulgate rules relating to audits of state agency acquisitions and use of a
state purchase card to make acquisitions; limiting cards to not exceed $2,500;
authorizing the Purchasing Director to authorize state agencies to use reverse
auctions to acquire acquisitions. (74
O.S. 2001, § 85.5) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1381_int.rtf

SB
1385 (Monson) – Employee Benefits Council. Allowing
the Oklahoma State Employees Benefits Council to renegotiate rates with
successful bidders after contracts have been awarded if there is a substantial
fluctuation in enrollment; authorizing the council to contract with dental and
vision plans. (74 O.S. 2001, §§ 1321,
1365) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1385_int.rtf

SB 1446 (Wilcoxson) – GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. Requiring that students complete four units
each of science, math, language arts and social studies for high school
graduation; allowing certain substitutions.
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1446_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee

SB 1447 (Taylor/Deutschendorf)
– CAMERON UNIVERSITY/TAX COMMISSION. Authorizing the Tax Commission to enter into
a contract with Cameron University to use its computer server to detect
non-registered taxpayers, no-filers and underreporting taxpayers. (68 § 205)
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1447_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Finance Committee

SB 1454 (Shurden/Paulk) – RISK MANAGEMENT. Requiring Central Services to establish a
risk management audit program to identify workplace security threats that
expose state employees to dangers that could be eliminated or reduced by infrastructure,
technology or other improvements; requiring each state agency to designate an
employee to receive training. (74 O.S.
2001, § 85.58A) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1454_int.rtf

SB 1461 (Dickerson/Corn) – UNPAID LEAVE/FAMILIES OF CRIME VICTIMS. Requiring the employer of an employee who is
the immediate family member of a victim of violent crime to provide unpaid
leave to the employee to attend judicial or other proceedings; designating
violation as a misdemeanor. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1461_int.rtf

SB 1462 (Wilcoxson) – TEACHER SALARY/MILITARY CREDIT. Increasing from five to 10 years the number
of years of military service for which a teacher shall be granted credit for
the purpose of state salary increments and retirement; repealing duplicate
section. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1462_int.rtf

SB 1484 (Shurden) – HEALTH INSURANCE/CLAIM LITIGATION. Deleting language providing for recovery of
attorney fees by prevailing party in the event of litigation regarding a claim
made to the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1484_int.rtf

SB 1486 (Haney/Mass) – APPROPRIATIONS/MASTER LEASE. Appropriating to the State Board of Education;
designating $405,870 to be expended on a competitive application basis to a
State System institution for implementing telecommunications curriculum; setting budgetary limitations for the Teacher
Preparation Commission; making appropriations to the State Regents; stating
legislative intent that $500,000 be allocated for the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of
Art at the University of Oklahoma; stating legislative intent that $100,000 be
allocated for a Native American Language Curator for the Sam Noble Museum of Natural
History at the University of Oklahoma; creating a new section of law permitting
the State Regents to establish a master lease program; appropriating to the
Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST);
repealing sections relating to higher education leasing, higher education funding
and OCAST. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1486_int.rtf

SB 1487 (Haney/Mass) – APPROPRIATIONS. Making
appropriations to various health entities, including the University Hospitals
Authority; authorizing the referral of correctional inmate patients to the
University Hospitals. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1487_int.rtf

SB
1523 (Wilcoxson) - Oklahoma
Tuition SCHOLARSHIP/OHLAP. Authorizing students in the 11th and 12th
grades during the 2002-03 school year, for the purpose of providing an award to
students in lieu of the Oklahoma Tuition Scholarship Program, to enter into
participation in the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program (OHLAP), upon
meeting certain eligibility requirements; prohibiting such students from being
found to be in financial need for purposes of the program if the income from
taxable and nontaxable sources of the student’s parents exceed $70,000 per
year; providing for adjustment of award amounts based on income levels;
requiring the State Regents to include such provisions in the public awareness
program used for the 2002-03 school year; repealing a section relating to the
Oklahoma Tuition Scholarship Act. (70
§§ 2610/2613) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1523_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee

2/13/02Title
Stricken

2/13/02Senate
Committee – Passed as Amended

SB
1552 (Reynolds) - HUMAN CLONING. "Human Cloning Prohibition Act";
making it unlawful to perform or attempt to perform human cloning, to
participate in an attempt to perform human cloning or to ship or receive the product
of human cloning for any purpose within the state; setting penalties; making
violations of the act constitute unprofessional conduct for medical doctors,
surgeons and osteopathic doctors resulting in permanent revocation of the
violator's license to practice medicine.
(63 § 2390) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1552_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Human Resources Committee

SB
1553 (Robinson) - Smoking in
Public Places. Modifying the
list of locations in which the possession of lighted tobacco in any form is a
public nuisance and dangerous to public health to include indoor workplaces,
all indoor areas of any place used by the general public, to which the public
is invited or in which the public is permitted, any indoor area in a health
care facility, nursing home or assisted living facility, any nursery or place
of education, any indoor area in any place providing child care or adult day
services and in any senior citizen center, homeless shelter, food bank,
adoption agency or other social service establishment, and within 25 feet of
any entrance to, or fresh air intake for, any of the specified places; removing
the requirement to post signs. (21 O.S.
2001, § 1247) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1553_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Human Resources Committee

2/14/02Title
Stricken

2/14/02Senate
Committee – Passed as Amended

SB
1575 (Crutchfield) - HEALTH
INSURANCE. Requiring
licensed insurance companies that provide health insurance or health
reinsurance to employers with more than 50 employees to provide policyholders
or their representatives loss experience and loss data that includes premium
rates and total claims at least 30 days prior to any rate adjustment
action. (36 § 6530) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1575_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Human Resources Committee

SB
1576 (Pruitt) - Workers’
Compensation. Requiring
mediation for any workers' compensation claim; requiring that mediation take
place after the filing of the employee's first notice of accidental injury and
claim for compensation but before the filing of a motion to set for trial;
repealing a section relating to voluntary mediation. (85 § 3.12) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1576_int.rtf

SB
1603 (Pruitt) - Workers’
Compensation. Requiring
mediation for workers' compensation claims; requiring that mediation take place
after the filing of the employee's first notice of accidental injury and claim
for compensation but before the filing of a motion to set for trial; allowing
medical testimony to be disputed by the employer as to the medical cause of the
medical permanent impairment or the percentage of impairment or, if the
employer has no lost time from employment, only the employer may challenge such
testimony by giving written notice to all other parties and to the
administrator of the Workers' Compensation Court; requiring the administrator,
upon receipt of such notice, to permit the employer to select a physician to
examine the employee and medical data or evidence; requiring that, for
evidentiary purposes, the treating physician's testimony be given deference for
rating purposes only, and only after a determination of both relevance and
reliability of testimony based on scientific, technical and other specialized
knowledge; specifying requirements for determining reliability of testimony;
prohibiting the court from splitting the difference between the treating
physician's and independent medical examiner's opinions; requiring that the
opinions of the treating physician and independent medical examiner be the only
medical reports and opinions considered; prohibiting claims for legal services
for a workers' compensation claim from exceeding 15 percent of the amount in
dispute to the employee, exclusive of medical and rehabilitation expenses;
repealing a section relating to voluntary mediation. (85 O.S. 2001 §§ 3, 17, 30)
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1603_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Judiciary Committee

SB
1621 (Williams) - SCHOOL TESTING.
Removing the third- and
fourth-grade norm-referenced test requirement from the Oklahoma School Testing
Program; requiring the Department of Education to develop and field-test during
the 2002-03 school year, and implement in the 2003-04 school year, criterion-referenced
tests with embedded norm-referenced test items in reading/language arts and
mathematics for the third grade; requiring the department to develop and
field-test criterion-referenced tests in reading, language arts and mathematics
for the fourth grade during 2003-04 school year and implement in the 2004-05
school year and for the sixth and seventh grades during the 2004-05 school year
and implementation in the 2005-06 school year; requiring the department to seek
to join other states in establishing a consortium to develop a common test item
repository. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1621_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee

SB
1627 (Kerr) - Quartz Mountain. Authorizing the Board of Trustees for Quartz
Mountain Arts and Conference Center and Nature Park to adopt rules to govern
the center and park, to accept gifts and to commission park rangers; modifying
the definition of "record" for purposes of the Open Records Act to
exclude personal information provided by a guest at a facility owned or
operated by the Board of Trustees of the Quartz Mountain Arts and Conference
Center and Nature Park or by a purchaser of a product sold by or through the
conference center and nature park. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1627_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee

SB
1628 (Williams/Vaughn) – LEAVE/ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION. Relating to the Organ Donor Education and
Awareness Program; requiring that state employees be granted a leave of absence
for organ and tissue donation; requiring that such employees receive the base
state pay without interruption during the leave of absence. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1628_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee

2/14/02Title
Stricken

2/14/02Senate
Committee – Passed as Amended

SB
1631 (Crutchfield) – SCHOOL TESTING. Limiting remediation for students who do not perform
satisfactorily on the mathematics portion of either the norm- or
criterion-referenced tests to students in grades three through eight; limiting
summer academies for students to reading and math; requiring a satisfactory
reading ability and successful passage of a criterion-referenced mathematics test
for obtaining a driver license; requiring satisfactory mathematics ability at
the eighth-grade level; requiring the Department of Education to approve
alternative mathematics proficiency tests.
(70 O.S. 2001, §§ 1210.5E, 1210.508E, 1210.515; 47 O.S. 2001, §
6-107.3) - http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1631_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee

SB
1636 (Henry) – EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES GRANT/HOPE SCHOLARSHIP. Creating an Educational Facilities Grant
Program, administered by an Educational Facilities Grant Committee, to fund
capital projects for public educational facilities, including State System
institutions and public schools under the governance of local boards of
education; creating a Helping Oklahoma Promote Education (HOPE) Scholarship
Program, administered by the State Regents for Higher Education, to increase
the number of Oklahomans enrolled in higher education and the number of
Oklahomans with college degrees; specifying eligibility requirements for such
scholarships; authorizing expenditure from the Lottery for Education Revolving
Fund, created pursuant to an unspecified Senate Joint Resolution, for early
childhood program, health insurance for school district employees, the
educational facilities grant program and the HOPE Scholarship Program; making
act effective upon certification of voter approval of the referendum proposed
in the joint resolution. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1636_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee

SB
1637 (Williams) – TEACHER
CERTIFICATION. Stating
legislative intent that the teacher certification system allow for multiple
points of entry into the teaching profession to attract professionals and
mid-career professionals, as well as provide incentives rather than barriers to
attract teachers from other states. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1637_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Education Committee

SB 1641 (Cain) – HEALTH INSURANCE/AUDIOLOGICAL SERVICES. Requiring group health insurance plans to
provide coverage for audiological services and hearing aids for children up to
age 18; requiring that such coverage apply only to hearing aids that are
prescribed, filled and dispensed by a licensed audiologist and authorizing a
limitation on the hearing aid benefit payable for each hearing-impaired ear to
every 48 months, but allowing such coverage to provide for up to four additional
ear molds per year for children up to age two.
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1641_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to Senate Human Resources Committee

2/13/02Senate
Committee - Committee Substitute Passed

SB 1675 (Morgan) – COMMUNITY HOSPITALS/TULSA. "Community Hospitals Authority
Act"; providing that "community hospitals" shall include all
Tulsa hospitals, the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
and the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine (Tulsa); creating the
Community Hospitals Authority and placing hospitals under authority;
authorizing authority to issue bonds; approving creation of the Community
Hospitals. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB1675_int.rtf

HB 2030 (Benge/Herbert) – Asbestos abatement. Eliminating references to the Asbestos
Abatement Division of the Department of Central Services; requiring the
department to provide such services if need is certified by the State Department
of Labor; allowing the agency to enter into interlocal agreements with counties
and municipalities. (74 O.S. 2001, §
61.6) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2030_int.rtf

HB 2058 (Adair/Morgan) – LIFE INSURANCE. Allowing dependents of members of the State
and Education Employees Group Insurance Program to continue or purchase life
insurance; authorizing retirees to continue in force any additional life insurance
purchased prior to retirement, deleting requirement that additional insurance
be above three-fourths of basic life insurance amount; deleting language terminating
benefits when the surviving spouse remarries or become eligible for another
group health insurance plan. (74 O.S.
2001, § 1316.1/1316.3) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2058_int.rtf

HB 2082 (Kirby) – INCOME TAX EXEMPTION FOR RETIREMENT
BENEFITS. Increasing the exemption
from taxable income for retirement benefits received by individuals 65 years of
age or older to $50,000 if the filing status is single, head of household or
married filing separate returns or $100,000 if married filing joint return or
qualifying widow. (68 O.S. 2001, §
2358) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2082_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Revenue & Taxation Committee

HB 2093 (Paulk) – MEDICAL LICENSURE. Modifying requirements for foreign applicants
for allopathic medical licensure; providing that, in the event clerkships were
used by a foreign medical school, the clerkships must have been performed in
hospitals and schools in the U.S., its territories or possessions that have
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education accredited programs;
requiring that foreign applicants provide a certified copy of the Educational
Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates certificate to the Board of Medical
Licensure and Supervision; expanding disciplinary authority of the board;
prohibiting a licensee whose surrender in lieu of prosecution is accepted by
the board from reapplying for reinstatement for at least one year from the date
of the accepted surrender. (59 O.S.
2001, § 493.2, 508, 509.1) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2093_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Public Health Committee

HB 2099 (Gilbert/Cain) – EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION. Authorizing the use of agency operating funds
to pay the cost of recognition award receptions; placing a limitation on the
cost of an award at $150 per recognized employee each fiscal year; allowing
agencies to establish, in addition to recognition awards, an employee
performance and conduct cash recognition award not to exceed $250 per
recognized employee each fiscal year for cash awards to recognize outstanding
performance in the workplace. (74 O.S.
2001, § 4121) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2099_int.rtf

HB 2127 (Wilson) – Faculty
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING FUND. Creating a Higher Education Professional Development Revolving
Fund for the State Regents to finance faculty attending professional meetings
and to fund sabbaticals. (70 O.S. 2001,
§ 3211.1) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2127_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Appropriations & Budget Committee

HB 2138 (Roach) – OSU/TULSA
TECHNOLOGY INTERN PROGRAM. Stating legislative intent for OSU/Tulsa to develop a Technology
Intern Partner Program to provide internships for eligible students with
technology-based companies; requiring that funding be split equally between the
university and the participating companies.
(70 O.S. 2001, § 4674) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2138_int.rtf

HB 2142 (Toure) – CLONING. Enacting the
“Oklahoma Cloning Prohibition Act”; making it unlawful to use or attempt to use
human somatic cell nuclear transfer technology to initiate a pregnancy or with
the intent to initiate a pregnancy or to ship, mail, transport or receive the
product of such technology within the state knowing that the product is
intended to be used to initiate a pregnancy.
(63 §§ 1-791/1-794) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2142_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Judiciary Committee

HB 2162 (Paulk) – NURSING
WORKFORCE TASK FORCE. Creating a 13-member Nursing Workforce Task
Force to identify strategies for recruitment and retention of nurses into the
workforce; reverse the growing shortage of nurses; increase the number of individuals
choosing nursing as a career, including creation and expansion of scholarships;
to identify strategies for the uniform collection of data from licensure boards
to gauge workforce supply and employ needs and plan for education and training,
especially interdisciplinary education and service learning; to identify
strategies to upgrade the image of nursing and eliminate barriers to mobility
in education and career advancement; to recommend potential changes in nursing
curricula and ways to expand the use of technology to prepare the type of
competently trained graduates required by employers; to identify best practice
retention models within the employment environment; to identify strategies to
assure governmental payors and private insurers adequately cover labor costs;
to identify the roles and responsibilities of private and public organizations
in addressing nursing workforce shortage issues; and to gather information on
work completed by other groups, states and the federal government related to
the nursing workforce shortage. (59 §
575) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2162_int.rtf

HB 2205 (Dale Smith) – PUBLIC FISHING AND HUNTING PASSPORT. Authorizing the Wildlife Conservation Commission
to establish a Public Fishing and Hunting Area Use Passport; exempting from the
passport requirements students and instructors participating in educational
tours or activities. (29 O.S. 2001, §
4-138) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2205_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Wildlife Committee

HB 2209 (Paulk/Crutchfield)
– SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL NURSE STAFF
TASK FORCE. Creating a School Professional
Nurse Staff Task Force, the membership of which would include one member each
from the University of Oklahoma School of Nursing and the Oklahoma State
University School of Nursing. The
committee substitute adds two members to be appointed by the Governor. (59
O.S. 2001, § 575) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2209_int.rtf

HB
2220 (Cox) - TAX CREDIT/TEACHER’S
MATERIALS. Allowing an
income tax credit of up to $500 for public school teachers’ unreimbursed
expenditures related to education and used in the classroom. (68 § 2357.45) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2220_int.rtf

HB 2249 (Lindley/Cain) – PLANNING
COMMITTEE/SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. Creating a 20 member Strategic Planning
Committee on the Olmstead Decision to develop a plan of implementation for the
state regarding provision of services to individuals with disabilities; requiring
cooperation of all state agencies. The
committee substitute modifies the makeup of the committee. (56 § 1021)
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2249_int.rtf

HB 2264 (Dunegan/Crutchfield)
– STATE EMPLOYEES/NATIONAL GUARD DUTY. Requiring that state officers and employees called to active
service for Operation Enduring Freedom be entitled to the difference between
their full regular pay and their National Guard or Reserve Components pay retroactive
to the date the person reported to such active service; placing in the
unclassified state service incumbent employees hired to perform duties of
persons who are on active duty. (44
O.S. 2001, § 209; 72 O.S. 2001, §§ 47, 48; 74 O.S. 2001, § 840-5.5) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2264_int.rtf

HB 2266 (Tibbs) - Whistleblower Act. stating
purpose to encourage and protect the reporting of wrongful governmental
activities and to deter retaliation against state employees for reporting those
activities; providing exemptions for State System institutions and the judicial
department; modifying circumstances under which disciplinary action may not be
taken to include disclosing public information to correct what the employee
reasonably believes evidences a violation of the Oklahoma Constitution, a law
or a rule and discussing the operations and functions of the agency with a
person in a position to investigate or initiate corrective action; excluding
the reporting of abuse of authority.
(74 O.S. 2001, § 840-2.5) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2266_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Govt Ops & Agency Oversight Committee

HB 2271 (Coleman/Coffee)
– PARENT EDUCATION/PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. Requiring the State Board of Education to restrict participation in
parent education programs to a certain percentage of parents of children with
at least two academic-failure risk factors; requiring the Board to contract
with an Oklahoma university-related program for an outcome-based performance
evaluation of the parent education program.
(70 O.S. 2001, § 10-105.3) The
committee substitute rewrites the bill to express legislative intent that
parent education programs serve children at risk of academic failure and that
such children be given priority for acceptance; authorizing families whose
income does not exceed 185 percent of the federal poverty level to receive
services free of charge; providing that other families shall be entitled to
services upon payment of a sliding-scale fee; modifying criteria for consideration
of a child as being at risk of academic failure; requiring the State Board of
Education to contract for an outcome-based evaluation of the parent education
program. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2271_int.rtf

HB 2274 (Webb)
– PUBLIC DISCLOSURE/EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE. Granting public bodies the privilege not to disclose
deliberations, votes and determinations or recommendations of a government
review board convened regarding employment discipline of a public employee;
providing that privilege does not extend to evidence presented to the review
board. (12 O.S. 2001, § 2509) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2274_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Judiciary Committee

HB 2288 (Steele) Oklahoma Tuition Equalization Grant. Enacting the Oklahoma Tuition Equalization
Grant Act; setting eligibility criteria as follows: Oklahoma residency,
full-time undergraduate enrollment, family income of no more than $70,000, payment
of more tuition than required at a comparable public higher education
institution, but no less than regular tuition required of all students enrolled
at the institution where the student is enrolled; authorizing the State Regents
to award Tuition Equalization Grants of $2,000 per academic year, $1,000 per semester;
providing for adjustment of amount in subsequent years. (70 §§ 2627/2629) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2288_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Appropriations & Budget Committee

HB 2289 (Hiett) SALES TAX EXEMPTION/DONATION TO PUBLIC
LIBRARY. Establishing a
sales tax exemption for sales of tangible personal property or services to a tax-exempt
organization which donates property or services to public libraries. (68 §§ 1356) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2289_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Revenue & Taxation Committee

HB 2291 (Hiett) INCOME TAX CREDIT/GIFTS TO CHARITABLE
ORGANIZATIONS. Establishing
a 10-percent income tax credit for individual taxpayers who give donations or
gifts to charitable organizations who expend the donations in this state;
limiting credit to a maximum of $200.
(68 § 2357.45) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2291_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Revenue & Taxation Committee

HB 2306 (Worthen)
– Oklahoma Higher Learning Access
Program (OHLAP). Providing
that a student who has not graduated from an accredited school shall be
eligible to participate in the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program and
qualify for an award if certain eligibility criteria are met; modifying
criteria to cover students being educated by equivalent means, other than
attending school. (70 O.S. 2001, §§
2603,2605) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2306_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Rules Committee

HB 2311
(Stites/Morgan) – CHILDREN OF
DISABLED LAW-ENFORCEMENT MEMBER.
Providing that any person previously qualified for membership in the Law
Enforcement Retirement System who voluntarily seeks and accepts employment to a
position in a covered agency that is not a covered position is excluded from
further participation in the system; providing that if a disabled member has
children, $400 per month shall be paid for the support of each child until the
child reaches 18 years of age or 22 years of age if attending a public or
private school or higher education institution. The committee substitute no longer increases the health
insurance premium rate to be paid by the system for retired employees or
surviving spouses who elect to continue the health plan. (47 O.S. 2001, § 2-305) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2311_int.rtfhttp://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2311_int.rtf

HB 2321 (Ray
Miller) – MENTOR TEACHERS.
Specifying factors to be considered in the selection of mentor teachers;
prohibiting discrimination against teachers by the board of education,
superintendent or other administrative officer of a school district or employee
organization in the selection of a mentor teacher or a member of a professional
development committee because of membership or non-membership in an employee
organization. (70 O.S. 2001, §§ 6-182,
6-194) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2321_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Common Education Committee

HB 2326 (Corn/Dickerson)– TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT.
Providing for a cost-of-living adjustment for members of the Teachers’
Retirement System; modifying provisions related to combination of age and years
of service for purposes of retirement; increasing the amount to be paid toward
a retired member’s health insurance premium; repealing a section relating to
post-retirement earnings limitations. The
committee substitute provides for a cost-of-living adjustment for members
for the Teachers’ Retirement System; modifying provisions related to
combination of age and years of service for purposes of retirement; increasing the
amount to be paid toward a retired member’s health insurance premium; repealing
a section relating to post-retirement earnings limitations. (70, §§ 17-105, 17-116.10, 17-116.18; 74
O.S. 2001, § 1316.3) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2326_int.rtf

HB 2328
(Easley/Crutchfield) – TASK FORCES.
Abolishing various task forces, including the Task Force to Review the
Complaint System for Persons with Disabilities and the Task Force on State Scholarship
and Student Aid. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2328_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Govt Ops & Agency Oversight Committee

HB 2331 (Wright) –
NAMING RIGHTS. Enacting the
“Leave a Legacy Initiative Act”; providing that a person, estate or entity that
makes a donation for a capital asset to a public school district, technology
center school district, State System institution or other educational facility
that receives 10 percent or more of its operating budget from the state shall
receive naming rights; requiring that naming rights be granted if the value of
the donation is more than 51 percent of the depreciated value of the capital
asset; providing for determining the depreciated value of a capital asset; providing
for the granting of additional naming rights for rooms in the building;
limiting the use of such donations to capital expenditures. (60 §§ 398, 399) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2331_int.rtf

HB 2341
(Wilt/Ford) – SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
Changing the name of "advisory planning committees" to local
boards of education to "advisory councils"; increasing the duration
of school improvement plans from four years to six years; requiring that
administrators, teachers, other school staff and parents in each school
district annual monitor and update the school improvement plan as necessary;
specifying additional content and information to be contained in school
improvement plans. The committee
substitute modifies the content of school improvement plans. (70 O.S. 2001, § 5-117.4) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2341_int.rtf

HB 2344
(Staggs/Crutchfield) – POST-RETIREMENT EMPLOYMENT. Establishing post-retirement annual earnings
limitations for retirees employed by school districts. The committee substitute applies both
to individual members and to incorporated entities that may contract with the
public schools. (70 O.S. 2001, §
17-116.10) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2344_int.rtf

HB 2347 (Paulk) – TELEMARKETING. Oklahoma No-Call List Act; requiring the
attorney general to establish a no-call list of consumers who do not wish to
receive unsolicited telemarketing calls; authorizing contracting with a vendor
to establish and maintain the no-call list; requiring notice of establishment
of the list and means for consumers to be included or removed; requiring
quarterly updates; making telemarketing calls to registered consumers an
unlawful telemarketing practice and a violation of the Oklahoma Consumer
Protection Act; permitting administrative fines; creating a no-call list
revolving fund for the office of the attorney general to be expended for the
purpose of implementing, administering or enforcing provisions of the
acts. (15 §§ 775B.1/775B.7) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2347_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Energy & Utility Regulation Committee

HB 2352
(Liotta/Littlefield) – EMPLOYEE PRIVACY. Prohibiting employers from releasing social security numbers of
current or former employees without written permission; making violation a misdemeanor. The committee substitute prohibits
release of social security numbers by an employer except in compliance with
state and federal regulation, in response to an official request from a law
enforcement agency or in administration of employment benefits and pay. (40 § 61.1)
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2352_int.rtf

HB 2353
(Adair/Taylor) – RETIREMENT/HEALTH INSURANCE. Allowing former employees who retire or have a vested benefit in
state retirement systems to reinstate health and dental insurance coverage. The committee substitute allows
reinstatement of coverage if the former employee involuntarily loses coverage
in the group plan or becomes eligible for Medicare coverage. (74 §§ 1316.2, 1316.3) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2353_int.rtf

HB 2361 (Newport)
– COMMUNITY SERVICE LEAVE.
Requiring that a maximum 24 hours of community service leave be
available to state employees each calendar year to encourage volunteerism in
support of schools, communities, citizens and nonprofit organizations;
specifying requirements for such leave.
(74 § 840-2.20) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2361_int.rtf

HB 2374 (Roan/Shurden) -
BLUE RIVER CONSERVATION PASSPORT.
Authorizing the Wildlife Conservation Commission to establish a Blue
River Conservation Passport; a special use permit; exempting from the passport
requirements students and instructors participating in educational tours. (29 O.S. 2001, § 4-138) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2374_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Wildlife Committee

2/13/02House
Committee - Passed

HB 2376 (Covey) – NET ENERGY
METERING. Enacting the “Oklahoma
Net Metering and Interconnection Act”; stating legislative finding that a
program to provide net energy metering for eligible customers is one way to
encourage substantial private investment in renewable energy resources, stimulate
in-state economic growth, reduce demand for electricity during peak consumption
periods and enhance continued diversification of Oklahoma’s energy resource
mix; creating a Renewable Energy Trust Fund; requiring that the fund be used to
provide funding for the Oklahoma Wind Power Initiative at the University of
Oklahoma to develop and implement a renewable energy education program. (17 O.S. 2001, §§ 192.1/192.3, 193.1, 193.2,
194.1) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2376_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Energy & Utility Regulation Committee

HB 2381 (Roan/Crutchfield) –
PARKING VIOLATIONS/PUBLIC DISRUPTIONS.
Prohibiting parking of vehicles contrary to officially posted
restrictions at state buildings and property; prohibiting disruption of a state
agency; requiring persons to leave state property upon a lawful order to
leave. (21 § 280) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2381_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Homeland Security Committee

2/12/02House
Committee - Passed

HB 2383 (Roan/Shurden) – Teachers’ Retirement. Relating to public retirement systems, including
the Teachers’ Retirement System; modifying provisions related to death
benefits; providing that such benefits, for purposes of federal income
taxation, shall be deemed life insurance proceeds and not as a death
benefit. The committee substitute
would deem death benefits as life insurance proceeds if the IRS approves such a
provision pursuant to a private-letter-ruling request to be submitted by the
boards of trustees of state retirement systems. (70 O.S. 2001, § 17-105) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2383_int.rtf

HB 2410 (Coleman) – CHILDREN
FIRST PROGRAM. Changing the name of
the Children First program to the Prenatal and Infancy Nurse Home Visitation
Program; requiring the department to contact with an Oklahoma
university-related program for an outcome-based performance evaluation of the
visitation program. (63 O.S. 2001, §
1-110.1) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2410_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Appropriations & Budget Committee

HB 2411 (Coleman) – OU
COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY LAB FUNDING.
Authorizing the State Regents to withdraw $2,348,251 from the Higher
Education Capital Revolving Fund during FY2003 for deposit in an
interest-bearing special account, with withdrawals used to fund the pre-clinic
dental laboratory renovation and modernization at the OU College of Dentistry
and replacement of dental units in teaching clinics at the dentistry
college. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2411_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Appropriations & Budget Committee

HB 2412 (Coleman/Herbert) –
STATE AUDITS. Requiring state
agencies to furnish copies of all audits to the Legislature; requiring
agencies, upon receipt of an audit report from an auditor, to implement its
recommendations unless implementation would result in a substantial additional
cost or not a cost benefit to the agency or state compared with any cost
savings or benefit that would result if the recommendations were implemented,
require statutory changes or be against state policy or legislative intent for
the agency or program; requiring agencies, if unable to implement the auditor’s
recommendations, to include with the copies of the report submitted to the
Legislature, a plan of action for achieving the recommendation of the auditor a
written statement for each recommendation in the report explaining the reasons
for not implementing the recommendations.
The committee substitute no longer requires that agencies, upon
receipt of an audit report from an auditor, implement its recommendations
unless implementation would result in a substantial additional cost or not a
cost benefit to the agency or state compared with any cost savings or benefit
that would result if the recommendations were implemented, require statutory
changes or be against state policy or legislative intent for the agency or
program. It also does not require agencies,
if unable to implement the auditor’s recommendations, to include with the
copies of the report submitted to the legislature, a plan of action for
achieving the recommendation of the auditor or a written statement for each
recommendation in the report explaining in detail the reasons for not
implementing the recommendations. (74 §§ 452.10, 452.11/452.14) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2412_int.rtf

HB 2413 (Dank) – INCOME TAX
CREDIT/EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES.
Authorizing an income tax credit for up to $500 for donations to a
nonprofit student-funding entity for scholarships to low-income students not
over the age of 18 who attend any elementary or secondary school; providing
that, in order to claim the credit, the taxpayer shall not be able to
contribute toward a scholarship for the benefit of their own dependents;
providing an income tax credit for up to $200 for donations to a public school
district to support extracurricular activities conducted for students in the
district; establishing an income tax credit of up to $500 per child for monies
taxpayers spend for educational expenses directly related to their children’s
education. (68 §§ 2357.101,
2357.1024) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2413_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Revenue & Taxation Committee

HB 2419 (Clay Pope) – WATER
PLAN. Providing for an the Oklahoma
Comprehensive State Water Plan Act; requiring the Oklahoma Water Resources
Board, prior to execution of any contract for the out-of-state sale or transfer
of any state waters, to study, investigate and survey the occurrence, quantity,
quality and availability of surface water of the state; requiring all state
agencies, including higher education institutions, that collect water data or
information or possess data concerning the water resources of the state to make
such data available to the Board and cooperate with the Board; specifying requirements
for such study; requiring the board, by Feb. 1, 2004, to develop a water supply
model for the six basins in the 22-county region in southeast Oklahoma near
Sallisaw to Hugo; requiring the model to encompass, to the extent practicable,
the significant water demands within the watersheds of the basins as well as
the unique geology and hydrology of the regions. (82 O.S. 2001, § 1086.2) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2419_int.rtf

HB 2429 (Mass/Haney) –
APPROPRIATIONS/STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Appropriating to the State Department of Education for various
programs, including the Virtual Internet School in Oklahoma Network (VISION),
scholarships for the Great Expectations Summer Institutes for Teachers,
implementation of a telecommunications curriculum, Community Education Grants,
Education Leadership Oklahoma, participation in the National Assessment of
Educational Progress, and the Oklahoma Alliance for Geographic Education. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2429_int.rtf

HB 2446 (Mass/Haney) –
APPROPRIATIONS/Oklahoma Center for the
Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST). Establishing budgetary limitations for the
Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST). http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2446_int.rtf

HB 2488 (Mass/Haney) –
APPROPRIATIONS/HEALTH. Appropriating to the State Department of
Health, requiring budgeting for certain programs including contractual services
of the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine for the Area Health Education
Centers Campaign, contractual services for the OU Health Science Center
Pediatric Endocrinology Department, contractual services with the Perinatal Continuing
Education Program within OU’s College of Medicine’s Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department, and the Children First Program.
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2488_int.rtf

HB 2524 (Mass/Haney) –
APPROPRIATIONS/TOURISM. Establishing budgetary limitations for the
Department of Tourism and Recreation, including unspecified funds budgeted for
the Summer Arts Institute and the Jazz Hall of Fame. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2524_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Appropriations & Budget Committee

2/14/02Withdrawn
from Committee – Refer Direct to Calendar

HB 2532 (Mass/Haney) –
APPROPRIATIONS/COMMERCE DEPT. Establishing budgetary limitations for the
Department of Commerce, including unspecified amounts for the Southeastern
Oklahoma State University Statewide Small Business Development Centers Program
and the Bid Assistance Program OSU/CATT.
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2532_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Appropriations & Budget Committee

2/14/02Withdrawn
from Committee – Refer Direct to Calendar

HB 2608 (Benson/Helton) –
HEALTH INSURANCE/VISION. Requiring
the State Employee Benefits Council and the Oklahoma State and Education
Employees Group Insurance Board to offer a vision plan. (74 O.S. 2001, § 1374) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2608_int.rtf

HB 2623 (Hopper Smith) –
ROTC TUITION WAIVER. Authorizing
the ROTC nonresident tuition waiver for students who formerly trained in the
ROTC at a higher education institution in another state and partially completed
training, does not currently hold a baccalaureate degree and meets all admission
and retention criteria. (70 O.S. 2001, § 3230.5) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2623_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Appropriations & Budget Committee

HB 2625 (Eddins/Fisher) –
PROFESSIONAL LICENSING. Requiring
the State Board of Education and the Teacher Preparation Commission to conduct
a study of licensing requirements for school psychologists and speech
pathologists. (70 O.S. 2001, § 6-205) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2625_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Common Education Committee

2/12/02House
Committee - Passed

HB 2633
(Fields/Stipe) - Oklahoma Workforce
Investment. Oklahoma Workforce Investment Act; requiring governor to
establish a State Workforce Investment Board; requiring development of state
plan; authorizing state board to establish subgroups; requiring annual report;
requiring governor to establish local workforce investment areas; providing for
grants; providing for establishment of local workforce investment boards;
requiring submission of local plans; requiring reservation of $704,000 in
certain federal funding for use by the Department of Career and Technology
Education to administer a statewide offender employment training program;
authorizing state board, subgroups and local boards to hold meetings by teleconference. (74 §§ 9101/9109; 25 O.S. 2001, §
307.1) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2633_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Commerce, Industry & Labor Committee

2/13/02House
Committee – Passed as Amended

HB 2651 (Wright) –
Administrative RuleS. Requiring that agency rules be reviewed
by legislative review committees, if established by legislative leadership, and
the committee of each house which the subject of the rule affects; requiring Legislature
to affirmatively approve rules; providing that failure of either house to
affirmatively approve a rule within 30 legislative days shall constitute disapproval. (75 O.S. 2001, §§ 307.1, 308) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2651_int.rtf

HB 2687 (Coleman)
– Appropriations/CAPITAL
PROJECTS/SCHOLARSHIPS.Requiring
that revenues in the Common Education Technology Revolving Fund be appropriated
and used for providing technology in public school classrooms; requiring that
revenues in the Higher Education Capital Revolving Fund be appropriated and
expended for capital projects at State System institutions; requiring that
revenues in the Oklahoma Tuition Scholarship Revolving Fund be appropriated and
expended for providing tuition scholarships.
(62 O.S. 2001, §§ 41.29c/41.29e)
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2687_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Rules Committee

HB 2689 (Braddock)
- Appropriations/MILITARY BASE
CLOSURE PREVENTION. Appropriating
$1,250,000 to the Department of Commerce from the constitutional reserve fund
pursuant to recommendations of the Oklahoma Military Base Closure Prevention
Task Force to assist communities with strategic planning in order to prevent a
military base closure or realignment detrimental to an affected community;
appropriating $2,750,000 to the State Regents to improve educational systems
that support affected communities and which assist strategic planning by the
affected communities in order to prevent a military base closure or a military
base realignment.. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2689_int.rtf

HB 2697 (Lindley)
– INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
EDUCATION. Requiring the
State Department of Education to implement a system for monitoring school
district compliance with federal and state laws relating to special education
pursuant to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; requiring the
department to develop a system for investigating and resolving complaints;
requiring annual state hearing; re-creating the Task Force to Review Complaint
System for Persons with Disabilities, the membership of which includes the
Chancellor. (74 O.S. 2001, §§ 169.2,
169.2a, 169.2b) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2697_int.rtf

HB 2714
(Stanley/Cain) – INJURY PREVENTION. Establishing
May of each year as “Injury Prevention Month”; recommending that all state
agencies, businesses, and interested organizations should take the opportunity
to provide their employees and members with injury prevention information
during Injury Prevention Month. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2714_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Public Health Committee

2/6/02 House
Committee - Passed

HB 2729
(Pettigrew) – JURY DUTY LEAVE. Making
it a misdemeanor to require an employee to use sick or vacation leave while on
jury duty; providing that section shall not require an employer to pay wages
for time on jury duty unless the employee uses paid leave for that
purpose. (38 O.S. 2001, § 34, 35) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2729_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Judiciary Committee

HB 2733
(Deutschendorf) - Health insurance/PRESCRIPTIONS. Providing a maximum $500 income tax
credit for out-of-pocket pharmaceutical expenses incurred by a state or
education employee enrolled in the health insurance plan offered by the State
and Education Employees Group Insurance Board for purchasing a non-preferred
drug when there is not a preferred drug option available to the employee. (68 § 2357.101) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2733_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Revenue & Taxation Committee

HB 2735
(Deutschendorf) - Young Entrepreneur
Technology Business Development.
Creating an Oklahoma Young Entrepreneur Technology Business Development
Program to assist students enrolled in a State System institution or in a
postgraduate course or program at a technology center school district in
developing and commercializing new technology products and processes. (74 § 5060.45) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2735_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Science & Technology Committee

HB 2737 (Deutschendorf)
– COMPUTER SERVICES. Stating
legislative intent that any State System institution may enter into a
collaborative agreement with any state agency to provide computer services and
equipment to the state agency. (70 §
3227.1) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2737_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Higher Education Committee

HB 2738
(Deutschendorf/Helton) – TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS ELIGIBILITY. Authorizing students who have graduated
from private schools not accredited by the State Board of Education to participate
in the Oklahoma Tuition Scholarship Program and qualify for scholarships by
meeting eligibility criteria. (70 O.S.
2001, § 2612) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2738_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Higher Education Committee

2/13/02House
Committee - Passed

HB 2739
(Deutschendorf/Robinson) – Virtual
Internet School in Oklahoma Network (VISION). Creating an 11-member Virtual Internet School in Oklahoma
Network (VISION) Task Force until June 30, 2003, to make findings and
recommendations on extending the web-based curriculum programs developed
through the VISION pilot program to all public school districts in the state,
determining the cost of making such programs and web-based management systems developed
through the pilot program available to all districts, developing a pricing
schedule that other states and countries must pay in order to access web-based
curriculum programs and management systems developed through the pilot program
and location of a statewide server array with the necessary storage to support
the storage and retrieval of curriculum and management programs developed
through the pilot program; requiring the task force to issue a report. (70 § 1210.727) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2739_int.rtf

HB 2745 (Taylor) –
RELOCATING ROADS. This is a
shell bill relating to general powers of boards of county commissioners,
including the power to relocate highways adjoining the property of higher education
institutions. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2745_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House County & Municipal Government Committee

HB 2760 (Newport)
– TELEMARKETING. Prohibiting the use of an automatic dial
announcing device after 5 p.m.; ”Telemarketer Restriction Act”; requiring the
attorney general to establish a list of customers who do not wish to receive
unsolicited telemarketing sales calls; providing an exception from restrictions
for the solicitation of funds or other support for a charitable or religious
activity, political candidate, cause or organization and any activity of a charitable
not-for-profit entity; providing an exception in cases in which a business
relationship has been established; requiring notice of establishment of the
no-telemarketing-sales-call registry and means for consumers to be included or
removed; requiring quarterly updates; making telemarketing calls to registered
consumers an unlawful telemarketing practice and a violation of the Oklahoma
Consumer Protection Act; permitting administrative fines; creating a telemarketer
revolving fund for the office of the attorney general to be expended for the
purpose of implementing, administering or enforcing provisions of the act. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2760_int.rtf

HB 2796 (Braddock)
– INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE. Prohibiting
the Oklahoma Corporation Commission from imposing any regulation on a
high-speed Internet access service or broadband service provider unless the
regulation is imposed equally and uniformly upon all providers of high-speed
Internet access service or broadband service, regardless of technology or
medium used to provide such service; providing that, if an incumbent local
exchange telecommunications service provider (ILEC) has entered into an
interconnection agreement with a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC)
prior to Jan. 1, 2002, and the agreement includes a provision permitting the
CLEC to provide digital subscriber line services on the high-frequency portion
of a copper-wire loop owned by the ILEC, then the ILEC must continue to provide
access to the high-frequency portion of copper-wire loops to that CLEC for the
duration of and according to the terms and conditions of the interconnection
agreement and the ILEC must make the same contract provision available to other
CLECs; authorizing the corporation commission to enforce a provision of an interconnection
agreement in existence prior to Jan. 1, 2002, providing for CLEC usage of the
high-frequency portion of copper-wire loops but the commission may not in any
way expand regulation of the provision of high-speed Internet access service or
broadband service by an ILEC beyond that existing provision concerning the
high-frequency portion of a copper-wire loop. (17 O.S. 2001, § 139.102)
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2796_int.rtf

HB 2804 (Cox) – INSURANCE. Providing for insurance compliance
self-audits; allowing such audits to be conducted by the insurer, its agents,
officers or employees or by independent contractors; prohibiting communications
relating to such audits from being discoverable or admissible as evidence in
any civil, administrative or similar case, except as expressly provided. (36 § 401/408) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2804_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Insurance Committee

HB 2805 (Cox) – HEALTH
INSURANCE. Modifying criteria for
preparation of annual statements by insurers; authorizing the insurance
commissioner to request financial and other information from insurers more
frequently than quarterly under certain circumstances; authorizing the
Insurance Departments Anti-Fraud Unit to refer certain matters to the attorney
general; making investigators of the Anti-Fraud Unit peace officers; modifying
the amount of surplus insurers must maintain; requiring applicants requesting
to be admitted to transact insurance to follow certain instructions; making
certificates of authority perpetual, with exception; modifying the premium tax;
defining what constitutes financial soundness for surplus line brokers; authorizing
domestic insurers to make purchases used in connection with data processing of
transactions; modifying the definition of extraordinary dividend or
distribution; providing for the effect of issuance of an order appointing a
liquidator; providing that the statute of limitations and defense of laches do
not run under certain circumstances; modifying the date for filing certain statements
by motor service clubs; making minimum premium charges subject to the premium
tax; requiring that fees passed on to consumers be an actual expense of the
insurer; providing a maximum allowable total for fees and minimum premium
charges; authorizing insurers to contract with mail order prescription drug
services and retail pharmacies under employer health care programs; repealing
sections relating to application for certificates of authority to transact
insurance and insurance requirements under the Home Inspection Licensing
Act. (36 O.S. 2001, §§ 311, 311.2, 321,
348.1, 361, 362, 1112, 1435.7, 1435.23, 1435.29, 1452, 1474, 1612, 1655, 1803,
3106, 3623.1, 3624, 4511, 5123; repealing 36 O.S. 2001, § 615; 59 O.S. 2001, §
858-630) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2805_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Insurance Committee

HB 2807 (McCarter/Coffee)
– SCHOOL BUSES. Relating to motor vehicles, including school
and church buses; modifying the definition of vehicle to remove the exception
for devices moved by human power; eliminating the requirement that school buses
bear the words “School Bus”; requiring that school buses be National School Bus
Yellow; adopting federal specifications and standards for certain lighting
equipment; requiring certain headlamps to be in use while a vehicle is driven
on a highway; prohibiting the use of neon lamps; requiring headlamps to emit
white light; specifying how head and tail lamps must be displayed; modifying
the distance for height placement of lamps and reflectors; specifying vehicles
that are required to use stop lamps and electric flashing turn signals;
specifying lights to be used when a load extends beyond the bed or body of a
vehicle; specifying light requirements for parked vehicles; establishing
minimum lighting requirements for implements of husbandry and for towed units
of farm equipment; modifying distances of light visibility for animal-drawn
vehicles; specifying the standard for vehicular hazard warning lamps; adding
vehicles that may use flashing lights; specifying lighting equipment for school
and church buses; requiring the State Board of Education to be in compliance
with federal standards regarding lighting equipment and special warning devices
for school buses; requiring vehicles to be equipped to prevent excessive noise
and excessive fumes or smoke; specifying standards for windshield wipers, tires
and glass; requiring that certain vehicles be equipped with portable red emergency
reflectors; specifying the type of refrigerant that may be used for
air-conditioning vehicles; prohibiting operation of vehicles with
television-type receiving equipment, with exception; prohibiting disconnection,
modification or alteration of emissions equipment; prohibiting operation of a
vehicle with disconnected or broken shock absorbers; repealing sections
relating to lamps and other lighting equipment and brakes on vehicles and to
motorcycles. The committee
substitute adds two sections to the repealer, relating to slow-moving
vehicle emblems. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2807_int.rtf

HB 2864 (John
Sullivan) – ABORTION. “Informed
Consent for Abortion Act”; prohibiting performance of an abortion without the
voluntary and informed consent of the woman upon whom it is to be performed;
outlining information to be imparted by the physician; providing for modified
procedure in the event of a medical emergency; requiring every facility in
which an abortion is performed to file certain reports; requiring the State
Health Department to publish certain information; requiring department to
collect certain statistical information; outlining penalties for
violations. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2864_int.rtf

HB 2886 (Ferguson)
– HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM. Adding
Applied Mathematics I and II and other technology and contextual math courses
to core curricula for high school graduation purposes. (70 O.S. 2001, § 11-1-3.6) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2886_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Common Education Committee

HB 2895
(Blackburn/Easley) – WATER RESOURCES DATA.
Requiring legislative approval of cooperative agreements to sell
water out of state; requiring the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to conduct a
surface water study; requiring higher education institutions with water
resource data to make the data available to the Board and cooperate with and
assist in the collection, analysis, processing and receipt of such data. The committee substitute creates the
"Oklahoma Comprehensive Water Plan Act of 2002"; establishing a
moratorium on the sale of exportation of public water outside this state for a
three-year period; requiring a study of Oklahoma water resources by the
Oklahoma Water Resources Board; requiring development of a comprehensive state
water plan; requiring development of a water-supply model prior to execution of
any contract by the board for the out-of-state sale or exportation of water;
requiring legislative approval of cooperative agreements with federally
recognized Indian tribes regarding the sale or exportation of water out of
state. (74 O.S. 2001, § 1221; 82 § 1B) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2895_int.rtf

HB 2902
(Blackburn) – EDUCATIONAL INTERPRETER FOR THE DEAF. Creating the “Oklahoma Educational Interpreter
for the Deaf Act”; establishing qualifications for educational interpreters in
public schools; requiring the State Department of Education to maintain a
registry. (70 §§ 13-141/13-145) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2902_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Common Education Committee

HB 2907
(Blackburn/Monson) – BANKING/INVESTMENT SECURITIES. Modifying provisions relating to banks
and trust companies, shareholders, certificates of authority, bank commissioner
hearings, deposit of securities and type of securities to be deposited with
commissioner; permitting a bank to purchase investment securities (including
certain obligation bonds and revenue bonds) issued by or on behalf of any state
or political subdivision of a state. The
committee substitute makes no substantive changes. (6 § 806)
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2907_int.rtf

HB 2915 (Winchester/Wilcoxson)
– TEACHER CERTIFICATION/Alternative
PLACEMENT.Requiring that
candidates for alternative placement teaching certificates be at least 25 years
of age. The committee substitute
also requires that candidates have an overall GPA of 2.5 or higher and a GPA of
2.5 or higher in a major field corresponding to the subject area of
specialization for which the person is seeking certification. (70 § 6-122.3) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2915_int.rtf

HB 2919 (Morgan) –
SCHOOL PERFORMANCE REVIEW.Authorizing the Office of Accountability,
under the director of the Education Oversight Board, to research, develop,
implement and administer a school performance review program. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2919_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Common Education Committee

HB 2921 (Morgan/Pruitt)
– ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY.Establishing an address confidentiality
program through the Office of the Secretary of State for victims of domestic
abuse, sexual assault or stalking; stating that a program participant may
request that state and local agencies use the address designated by the
Secretary of State as the address of the participant. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB2921_int.rtf

HJR 1053 (Hastings) – Workers’ Compensation. Expressing legislative intent that from the effective date of SB 1414
(2001) no Workers’ Compensation awards would be made for permanent partial
disability resulting from a combination of injuries. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HJR1053_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Judiciary Committee

HJR 1055 (Askins) – APPROPRIATIONS/LEGISLATIVE CONSIDERATION. Proposed constitutional amendment authorizing the Legislature, during
each odd-numbered year, to consider only measures for appropriation of revenues
to fund the executive, legislative and judicial branches, for the payment of
interest on the public debt and other appropriations authorized by the Oklahoma
Constitution; requiring that such measures provide for expenses or interest for
two fiscal years; authorizing the legislature to provide for the appropriations
to be specific to each fiscal year during the two-year fiscal period or to provide
a total sum that includes the appropriation amount for the entire two-year
fiscal period; authorizing the legislature, during each even-numbered year, to
consider measures for enactment, amendment or repeal of law, referenda for
modifications to the Constitution and measures not having the force or effect
of law; prohibiting the Legislature from considering appropriation measures
during an even-numbered year; requiring a three-fourths vote of the members of
each chamber of the Legislature to consider substantive legislation during an
odd-numbered year. (Art. V, § 26; Art.
X, § 23) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HJR1055_int.rtf

2/5/02 Referred
to House Rules Committee

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

HCR 1044 (Doug Miller) – STATE EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT. Creating a State Government Employee Excellence in Recruitment and
Retention Task Force, membership of which includes two persons associated with
higher education institutions. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HCR1044_int.rtf

SJR
1X (Dunlap) – TAX
REFORM/TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT.
Legislative referendum, the "Oklahoma Tax Reform Act of 2002";
repealing individual income tax, estate tax to level of federal allowance
"pickup" status, franchise tax and state sales tax on groceries;
levying 5.9 percent tax on numerous services, including out-of-state services
used or consumed in this state; allocating tax revenues as follows: 87.2
percent to general revenue fund, 8.5 percent to the education reform revolving
fund, 3.35 percent to the Teachers Retirement System of Oklahoma, capped at
$136 million, with excess deposited to general fund, 0.95 percent to the ad
valorem reimbursement fund; outlining exemptions; increasing household income
ceiling for sales tax relief to $20,000 for an individual and spouse, $50,000
for households with children, individuals with a physical disability and those
65 years of age or older; increasing amount of claim for an individual spouse
to $400, for other qualifying families $600 for an individual plus $40 for each
allowable personal exemption; repealing sections relating to income tax withholding.
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SJR1x_int.rtf